README File for:

"Can Conservatives Be Persuaded? Framing Effects on Support for Universal Basic Income in the US"

Political Behavior

Eddy S. F. Yeung, Emory University (ORCID: 0000-0003-2843-6810)

List of data files:
- "cleaned.RData": main dataset that merges the cleaned data from "final1.csv" and "final2.csv"
- "final1.csv": soft launch of the main survey
- "final2.csv": main survey following the soft launch
- "pilot.csv": pilot survey that tests the question wording and logistics, among other things
- "pew_ATP_W53.sav," "pew_ATP_W71.sav," and "pew_Sept18_public.sav": publicly available datasets downloaded from Pew Research Center
- "Gallup_2019_American-Dream.csv": summary data frame based on Gallup's publicly available survey results (https://news.gallup.com/file/poll/260759/190717AmericanDream.pdf)

List of R scripts:
- "cleaning_raw_data.R": import "final1.csv" and "final2.csv," and export the cleaned dataset as "cleaned.RData"
- "main.R": produce the experimental results reported in the main text
- "stm.R": produce the results from STM analysis of open-ended responses
- "dictionary-based.R": produce the results from the dictionary-based text analysis reported in the main text
- "appendix.R": produce the results reported in Appendices B, C, D, E, and G
- "pew.R": produce the results from secondary data analysis
- "pilot.R": produce the results from the pilot survey

To replicate the following tables, use the following R scripts:
- Table 1: "main.R"
- Table A1: "appendix.R"
- Table A2: "appendix.R"
- Table A3: "appendix.R"
- Table A4: "stm.R"

To replicate the following figures, use the following R scripts:
- Figure 2: "main.R"
- Figure 3: "main.R"
- Figure 4: "main.R"
- Figure 5: "main.R"
- Figure 6: "stm.R"
- Figure 7: "main.R"
- Figure A1: "pew.R"
- Figure A2: "pew.R"
- Figure A3: "pew.R"
- Figure A4: "appendix.R"
- Figure A5: "appendix.R"
- Figure A6: "appendix.R"
- Figure A7: "appendix.R"
- Figure A8: "stm.R"
- Figure A9: "stm.R"
- Figure A10: "stm.R"
- Figure A11: "stm.R"
- Figure A12: "stm.R"
- Figure A13: "stm.R"
- Figure A14: "stm.R"
- Figure A15: "stm.R"
- Figure A16: "appendix.R"
- Figure A17: "appendix.R"